Clark penciled in for Outland list

Rockdale’s Le’Raven Clark is the first Red Raider to make the list. LUBBOCK—Sophomore offensive lineman Le’Raven Clark has been named to the preseason watch list for a spot on the Outland Trophy list.

Clark’s teammate senior defensive lineman Kerry Hyder has been named to the preseason watch lists for the Nagurski Trophy.

The individual honors are the first for Texas Tech since the Football Writers Association of America began rolling out the preseason honors from college football’s major awards.

Clark, a 6-foot-6, 325-pound sophomore from Rockdale, is coming off a stellar freshman season that earned him first-team Freshman All-America honors by the FWAA and Second Team Freshman All-America honors by Scout.com.

He started all 13 games in 2012 and was part of an offensive line that helped pave the way for a running back corp that rushed for 1,674 yards - the most by Tech since the 1998 season.